There are three main tables to explore species and habitats. You can select species groups of interest, particular habitats, or on other factors to customize your dataset and then download it.
Data Portal
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Tabular
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Species and Habitat Data
In these tables, you can find:
- Species in Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and Species in Need of Information (SNI), conservation status information and SGCN habitat associations
- Species Groups - Stressors and Conservative Actions
- Habitats - Stressors and Conservation Actions
1,142 species were identified as Species in Greatest Conservation Need, summarized by group in the chart below. Plants and lichens are the most numerous, followed by butterflies and moths (122) and bees (117). Vertebrate animals, including amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals, and reptiles, total 166 species. In addition, 860 species were designated Species in Need of Information.
Species in Great Conservation Need
You can learn more about the factors that led to their selection, what habitats they use, and conservation actions for them in the interactive table below. You can select which groups and factors are of interest and download the data you want.
Alternatively, you can download the full species table here. (For more information, read the Species Chapter.)
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Spatial
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Spatial Data
This map viewer contains spatial information on habitats and tools to assist in prioritizing where to work, as identified in Minnesota’s Wildlife Action Plan 2025-2035.
- Habitat map including the 15 primary habitat types with references to native plant communities and external data sources (Read Habitat Chapter)
- Conservation Action Network (CAN; formerly the Wildlife Action Network): cores of biodiversity hotspots and high quality habitats in a matrix of connectivity corridors, for use in prioritizing locations in conservation planning. (Read CAN Chapter)
- Conservation Opportunity Areas (COAs; formerly Conservation Focus Areas): 37 locations for partnership-based habitat conservation work for Species of Greatest Conservation Need. COAs are based on the CAN and expanded to facilitate collaborations and extend conservation benefits of on-the-ground habitat conservation projects to the landscape scale (Read COA Chapter).
